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The story that Zhou Chong asked Zhao Er to spread began with the Song family and his son coming to the door, and ended with Zhuo'er angrily scolding the Song family and his son, and tearing up the marriage contract. Although Zhuo'er only appeared at the last moment in this story, and only had one line, but

It established an image of a affectionate, righteous and strong-tempered girl for all the audience, and at the same time, it also highlighted the shamelessness of the Song family and his son from a positive perspective.

Although the above story is fabricated, the shamelessness of the Song family is a fact. However, Zhou Zhong performed artistic processing on this basis and established a positive image for Zhuoer. In this way, even if Zhuoer was

Although she broke off the engagement, she also won the favor of many people. I believe that many people will be willing to marry a woman like Zhuo'er in the future.

As soon as the news that the Song family broke off the engagement first came out, it immediately had the effect that Zhou Zhong had originally expected. All discussions began to be one-sided in favor of the Zhou family. After all, in the Ming Dynasty, breaking off the engagement was very despised, especially by those who were attacked.

The party who broke off the engagement was still in a weak position, and coupled with the despicable methods of the Song family and his son, everyone began to sympathize with the Zhou family.

Don't underestimate the power of public opinion, especially in ancient society, which also valued personal morality. A morally corrupt person would be far more affected than later generations.

The Song family father and son used such despicable means to break off their engagement, which put the Song family at the forefront of public opinion for a while. Even the Song family's business was greatly affected. For example, they originally controlled the cloth of many Songjiang weavers.

However, many weavers now despise the character of the Song family and their sons, and have begun to sell the cloth they weave to others. The price is the same anyway, and it does not have a great impact on the weavers regardless of who they sell it to. In this way,

The Song family's business was greatly affected. Many goods that had been promised to others were not delivered on time, which again increased the Song family's credibility crisis.

Of course, the Song family is not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by others. During this period, they also made several counterattacks. They even claimed in kind that it was Zhou Zhong who felt that he could not repay the debts of the Song family, so he voluntarily gave up the marriage between the two families.

The marriage certificate was exchanged for the IOU in the hands of the Song family. Although this news was fabricated earlier, it is also true that the marriage certificate was exchanged for the IOU.

Regarding the stories that the Song family made up, Zhou Zhong also fought back through Zhao Er, telling everyone that he had paid off all the debts of the Zhou family, which amounted to tens of thousands of taels. How could he still be short of the Song family?

Two hundred taels of debt?

Zhou Zhong's counterattack was not unkind. Everyone knew that the Zhou family owed a large amount of debt before, but they didn't expect that in just over a month, all the debts of the Zhou family had been paid off. Some good people even paid off the debt.

Some of Zhou's creditors verified and the results proved that Zhou Chong did not lie.

Now everyone firmly believed in Zhou Zhong's words. Although the Zhou family fell, Zhou Zhong would never give up on his sister's marriage to the Song family just for a mere two hundred taels. After all, after breaking off the engagement, Miss Zhou's life was almost over.

They were all destroyed. She was Zhou Zhong's biological sister, and Zhou Zhong was a scholar after all, so it was absolutely impossible for him to do such a thing.

The most important thing is that Zheng Jing, Li Zheng, and Zhang Kuang mobilized the students in the government school to support Zhou Chong and at the same time, they violently attacked the Song family's despicable means of breaking off the engagement. The influence of these students should not be underestimated.

They either come from scholarly families or from rich families. There are very few scholars who come from truly poor families.

Neither the influence nor the potential power of these scholars can be resisted by the Song family. Faced with the unanimous criticism of the scholars, the Song family did not dare to defend themselves anymore. Even the Song family members became street rats in Songjiang Mansion.

, almost fell into a situation where everyone was shouting for beatings.

Regarding this situation, even Zhou Zhong himself did not think of it. After all, as a later generation, his understanding of scholars was still at the level of "poor scholars". He never thought that the scholars of the Ming Dynasty were not only not poor, but also in the local area.

He has such great influence on the world? If he had known this earlier, he would have spent so much money on it and just went to Zheng Jing and the others for help.

Although public opinion cannot kill people, nor can it make the Song family bankrupt, it can at least make the Song family father and son disgraced. In addition, I heard that the Song family's business has also been greatly affected. The Song family, which was once at its peak, has plummeted, and its business has shrunk by at least half.

, will never regain its former glory.

Zhou Zhong didn't have any sympathy for the tragic situation of the Song family. Anyone who did something wrong must pay the price, especially villains like the Song family father and son, who almost ruined Zhuo'er's life. If they don't get what they deserve,

If they are punished, wouldn’t that be too cheap for them?

"Okay! Okay! Great!" In the courtyard where Zhou Zhong lived, Butler Xu kept praising while flipping through the completed Journey to the West.

Zhou Zhong didn't pay too much attention to the affairs of the Song family. After all, the most important thing for him now was to make money to support his family. He quickly wrote the first ten chapters of Journey to the West, but among these ten chapters, only half were written by Zhou Zhong.

He wrote it himself, and the remaining half was dictated by him, and then Huo'er wrote it for him. After all, if one person writes for a long time, his arms will not be able to bear it. It can save a lot of time if two people write alternately.

It is also worth mentioning that there are some rather rebellious phrases in Journey to the West, such as Sun Wukong's sentence "The emperor will take turns to sit and come to my house tomorrow." Zhou Chong made some changes to make Journey to the West more like a pure myth.

The fantasy novel reduces some satire on reality to avoid causing trouble for itself in the future.

"Master, your Journey to the West is so wonderful. I can guarantee that as long as it is published in the market, all previous Journey to the West stories will disappear, and all future Journey to the West stories will be based on your book!"

Butler Xu glanced at it for a while, his face full of admiration. If only the book Journey to the West was wonderful, what was even more rare was that his young master wrote so much in just a few days. This speed made Butler Xu and

Zhuo'er was shocked by him, making Zhou Zhong even more mysterious in their eyes.

"Hey, that's natural. It's just a Journey to the West. If this book can be sold at a good price, I will have many good novels here!" Zhou Zhong also said proudly. In addition to Journey to the West,

There are many other classical novels he has read, such as A Dream of Red Mansions, The Romance of the Gods, The Plum in the Golden Ping, etc. These novels are different from Journey to the West. If they appeared earlier, they would definitely cause a bigger sensation. But to be honest, Zhou Zhong's ability to make money from writing novels is only temporary.

It was a stop-gap measure. After he got the first pot of gold in his hands, he probably wouldn't have any intention to write novels anymore.

If in the past, Butler Xu still had some doubts about Zhou Zhong's words, but now after reading the first ten chapters of Journey to the West, he no longer had any doubts about Zhou Zhong's words. He thought to himself, it seems that the young master from his family is not only a good candidate in the imperial examination.

He is a child prodigy who is also a prodigy in writing novels. If nothing else, this Journey to the West alone will probably make him famous in history.

The first ten chapters of Journey to the West have been written, and next I will read Butler Xu’s. Storytelling is not reading. It is not just about reading the content of the book once. It is about following the content in the book, plus the storyteller himself.

Adding some content and actions will make the whole story more vivid and vivid, and even some storytelling techniques need to be used in some places, all of which require Butler Xu to spend some time.

In addition, Butler Xu suggested to Zhou Zhong that he should not talk about all the previous ten chapters, but only talk about the sixth chapter, because the sixth chapter happened to be the time when Sun Wukong caused trouble in the Heavenly Palace, and then had a big battle with Erlang Shen, and was finally defeated by Laojun using the King Kong.

Zhuo surrendered and was about to be escorted to the demon-slaying platform for questioning. It could be regarded as the climax of the riot in the Heavenly Palace. If it ended abruptly here, it would definitely leave endless thoughts for those who heard about it.

Zhou Zhong agreed to all of Butler Xu's suggestions. After all, he didn't understand them. Butler Xu, a semi-professional, must have his own reasons for his opinions. As a layman, he didn't have to give random orders.

After several days of preparation, Butler Xu finally compiled the contents of the first six chapters into a storybook. In order to test the effect, he also specially found a time to gather the people at home, and then read it in front of everyone.

After telling it once, both Aunt Wang and Duoer were very fascinated, especially the fat housekeeper Xu who dressed up as various monkeys, making everyone laugh.

In later generations, storytelling was like opera, and young people rarely had access to these things. Take Zhou Chong as an example. He only saw some old people listening to storytelling with radios, but he had never heard of it himself.

.But now after listening to Butler Xu’s Journey to the West, even though he has long been familiar with the content, he still listens to it with gusto and finds it very interesting. No wonder storytelling is so popular among the people in the Ming Dynasty.

Butler Xu was very excited to receive the approval of his family. He immediately contacted Butler Bai of the Bai Mansion and made a request to support his family by storytelling at Fengyou Teahouse. Butler Bai was also a righteous person.

I also admired Butler Xu's character of never leaving his master's family, so he quickly greeted the shopkeeper of Fengyou Teahouse and arranged for Butler Xu to tell stories at the teahouse in the afternoon.

Coincidentally, just when Butler Xu was finishing preparations for the storyteller, Zhou Zhong suddenly received invitations from Zheng Jing, Li Zheng, and Zhang Kuang. The reason was that they had not gathered together for a long time, so they wanted to invite Zhou Zhong

They came out to explain that they had something important to discuss. In addition, they also knew that Zhou Zhong had a lot of things to do now, so the time and place were decided by Zhou Zhong.

Zhou Zhong was also overjoyed when he received the news. He quickly wrote back to several people, telling them that they would have a gathering at Fengyou Tea House in two days. He also specifically pointed out that they must be in the lobby on the first floor and invite them by themselves.

They were watching a good show!

Since the last time Zheng Jing and the others teamed up with the scholar to help him a big favor, Zhou Chongcai suddenly discovered that he still had a neglected status as a scholar. In the Ming Dynasty, the reputation of a scholar could bring him many unexpected benefits. This

The discovery made Zhou Zhong start to pay attention to his status as a scholar. In addition, Zheng Jing and other loyal friends should also contact each other more. On the one hand, they would express their gratitude to each other. On the other hand, these connections are also a wealth and must not be taken lightly.

give up.

Of course, Zhou Zhong invited the other party to Fengyou Tea House to listen to Butler Xu's story this time. He also wanted to take advantage of the relationship between these people. If they were also very interested in Journey to the West, then he would hand over the manuscript to a few people. If it can be approved
Chapter completed!